"I haven’t dropped a player because of it, but being strong and critical, I did it, yes. I spoke about it with Drogba and Robben.

"I am not saying I will drop someone. Maybe the player is very important for me and makes a mistake and maybe I don’t drop him.

"But I will strongly criticise him, yes. And if one day I win the game where I feel one of my players didn’t behave correctly, I will say it."

Mourinho also highlighted recent incidents such as Scott Brown’s sending off against Barcelona in the Champions League and says action needs to be taken.

!In some countries if you don’t do it you become like the naive one because others do. But you could see for example in the Champions League this week, what happened in Glasgow and Amsterdam. And for me that is fairly sad,! he added.

!It’s up to the football authorities. Again, I am nobody, I just give my little opinion. Next week they will go again [if no action is taken]. It’s about priorities."